The UK-wide inquiry will look at how suitable and affordable childcare can be provided for all parents who need it to enable them to work. Areas to be covered will include:
* the full extent of regional variations of both availability and cost in accessing childcare, and whether area-based initiatives are the best way forward to ensure adequate childcare provision for families where parents are unemployed.
* whether or not the childcare tax credit is working, if it is the best way to provide help with childcare costs for those on low incomes and what can be done to boost its take-up.
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